[Links Chapter Documentation: Newspaper copy item about Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc.]
Description:
Unpublished newspaper copy for an article to be headlined "Black Civic Groups Wants [sic] to Honor Veteran Journalist" about the efforts of the Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc. to raise funds to assist Hazel Brannon Smith. Smith was a publisher and journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her editorials in support of the civil rights movement, a stance which resulted in her ostracism from local white society and her newspaper's eventual bankruptcy. Aaronetta Pierce (referred to h…
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Date:
January 31, 1986
Creator:
Gonzalez, Henry B. (Henry Barbosa), 1916-2000 & Andrews, Thelma
Partner:
UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections